He says crews are prepared for a repeat of the same amount of water in the area.

"The possible rainfall that is predicted for the Coffs coast is rumoured to be quite extensive.

"It could cause flash flooding in the area. This could possibly be as bad as 2009.

"Rather than just leave it to a very small number of people who worked very very hard back in 2009, we're bringing extra resources into the area, so that we can be fully prepared and offer protection to the community," he said.